The WiSTEM2D Scholars Award Program
The Johnson & Johnson Scholars Award Program aims to fuel development of female STEM2D leaders and feed the STEM2D talent pipeline by awarding and sponsoring women at critical points in their careers, in each of the STEM2D disciplines: Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, Manufacturing and Design.
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WiSTEM2D Scholars Award Program update
Now accepting applications for our brand-new Johnson & Johnson WiSTEM2D 3-Minute Communication Challenge
Eligible applicants are female graduate students or postdoctoral fellows who actively conduct research in a STEM2D (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, Manufacturing, and Design) field at the time of application.
Please use the link below to submit your application. Your application should consist of a single PowerPoint file related to your research as well as your recorded 3-minute speech. Your speech should be recorded through PowerPoint.
To record your 3-minute speech, open your slide in PowerPoint, turn on your camera, click on record at the top right and start your speech after the countdown. This would position your video recording to the corner of your slide. You can then save your slide which contains your recording and submit it through this link.
Please contact us at wistem2dscholars@its.jnj.com if you have any questions about the award or application process.
Eligible applicants are female graduate students or postdoctoral fellows who actively conduct research in a STEM2D (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, Manufacturing, and Design) field at the time of application.
Please use the link below to submit your application. Your application should consist of a single PowerPoint file related to your research as well as your recorded 3-minute speech. Your speech should be recorded through PowerPoint.
To record your 3-minute speech, open your slide in PowerPoint, turn on your camera, click on record at the top right and start your speech after the countdown. This would position your video recording to the corner of your slide. You can then save your slide which contains your recording and submit it through this link.
Please contact us at wistem2dscholars@its.jnj.com if you have any questions about the award or application process.
Our 2023 WiSTEM2D Scholar’s Program winners
Laura Baranello, Ph.D.
Karolinska Institutet
Amanda Mejia, Ph.D.
Indiana University
Mahla Poudineh, Ph.D.
University of Waterloo
Ximin He, Ph.D.
University of California, Los Angeles
Haucheng Zhang, Ph.D.
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Laia Mogas-Soldevila, Ph.D.
The University of Pennsylvania
Meet the past WiSTEM2D Scholars Award Program winners
2022 WiSTEM2D Scholars Award Program Winners
The Johnson & Johnson WiSTEM2D Scholars Award Program winners have big ideas—and an even bigger drive to inspire other women studying science, technology, engineering, math, manufacturing and design to pursue their dreams, too.
2021 WiSTEM2D Scholars Award Program Winners
Garnering more than 650 applications from 40 countries, the Company recognizes female researchers for their groundbreaking work in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, Manufacturing and Design (STEM2D). Each recipient will receive $150,000 in funding and three years of mentorship from Johnson & Johnson to investigate optimizing cancer immunotherapy, reducing health and climate impacts of plastic, promoting off-grid production of fresh water, advancing urogynecological health, and improving hand function through assistive technologies.
2020 WiSTEM2D Scholars Award Program Winners
They’re the winners of the second annual Johnson & Johnson WiSTEM2D Scholars Award, thanks to such amazing innovations as tattoos that can monitor changes in your metabolism. Meet them and their groundbreaking work.
2019 WiSTEM2D Scholars Award Program Winners
A foldable, 3-D printed robot that can serve as a heart stent. Using artificial intelligence to help detect cancer. Seeking out life on other planets. These are just some of the areas of fascinating research that this year’s winners of the Johnson & Johnson WiSTEM2D Scholars Award are focused on in their labs across the country.
2018 WiSTEM2D Scholars Award Program Winners
Meet the six inaugural winners of the Johnson & Johnson Women in STEM2D (WiSTEM2D) Scholars Award, which supports women at significant points in their research careers in the disciplines of Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, Manufacturing and Design (STEM2D). The women each will receive a total of $150,000 in funding and three years of mentorship from Johnson & Johnson leaders as well as members of the award’s Advisory Board.
Discipline research examples
Quantitative framework (numbers, quantities, shapes, abstract principles and problem solving) for describing the world.
Creating something from raw materials by hand or by machinery.
The practical application of science and math skills to everyday life.
Science or knowledge put to practical use to solve problems, invent useful tools, envision new possibilities or establish meaningful connections between people and the world that surrounds them.
Observing, studying and experimenting in an effort to better understand the natural world and how it works.
